Educated and Engaged Communicators Are Critical to Successful Integrated Pest Management Adoption
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Integrated Pest Management
سال: 2019
ISSN: 2155-7470
DOI: 10.1093/jipm/pmz033